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256 reviews

Stop Wanting by Lizzie Harris

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

The metaphors didn’t make sense to me. Not my favorite :/

The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Motherhood by Sheila Heti

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challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

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dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

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inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Stories of a Life by Наталия Мещанинова, Nataliya Meshchaninova

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dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The only reason I didn’t rate this book higher was its racism towards Romani people.

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Ayiti by Roxane Gay

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 70%.

This book had so much potential to be a snarky and zany and nuanced vampire story but didn’t do anything interesting in terms of its subject matter. I see other reviews calling this book “dense” — I had the opposite experience; the way the book is written feels condescending to me. One-dimensional characters, slow plot, predictable extended metaphors about Otherness, feels like more refined and literary but less exciting Twilight fanfiction. Wasn’t really
immersive at all, either. Overall, I don’t really feel like much happened, even in terms of character development, though perhaps the ending would have been satisfying — not sticking around to find out, though.

P.S.: I liked the main character until she was *knowingly* the other woman in a cheating situation… really put a bad taste in my mouth.

Bargain Bin Rom-Com by Leena Norms

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hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0